Author: Amy Tan

Cites

• Walt Whitman (1)
  • IN: The Valley of Amazement (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Quicksand years that whirl me I know not whither, Your schemes, politics, fail, lines give way, substances mock and elude me, Only the theme I sing, the great and strong-possess'd soul, eludes not, One's self, must never give way -- that is the final substance -- that out of all is sure, Out of politics, triumphs, battles, life, what at last finally remains? When shows break up what but One's-Self is sure?
    FROM: "Quicksand Years", (1855), Poem, US
• NULL (1)
  • IN: Where The Past Begins (2017) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: You think you are oceans apart when it is really only a slipstream that you fell into by accident or inattention.
    FROM: Slipstream [From the journal], (2012), [NA], NULL
• Albert Camus (1)
  • IN: Saving Fish from Drowning (2005) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, France
• Anonymous (1)
  • IN: Saving Fish from Drowning (2005) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. "Don't be scared," I tell those fishes. "I am saving you from drowning." Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes.
    FROM: NULL, (None), [NA], NULL